papaya

See also: Papaya and papàyā

English
Unripe papaya fruits

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • IPA(key): /pəˈpaɪə/, /pəˈpɑːjə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə, -ɑːjə

Noun

papaya (plural papayas)

  1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
  2. The fruit of this tree.
    • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 135:
      It was that image, its practical mundanity, the preparation of fruit I have seen you do a thousand times, the spoon gliding along the papaya’s flesh-orange core, a slush of black seeds plopping into the steel sink, that made it unbearable.
  3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
    papaya:  

Synonyms
  • pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree/fruit.

Derived terms

Translations
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See also

Further reading

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈpaja/, [paˈpa.ja]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ya

Noun

papáya (Basahan spelling ᜉᜉᜌ)

  1. papaya
    Synonym: tapayas

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Noun

papaya

  1. papaya

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Noun

papaya

  1. papaya

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Noun

papaya

  1. papaya

Spanish
A papaya sliced lengthwise.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Cariban/Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʝa/ [paˈpa.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈpaʃa/ [paˈpa.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʒa/ [paˈpa.ʒa]

  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʝa
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ya

Noun

papaya f (plural papayas)

  1. papaya (fruit)
    Synonyms: lechoza, (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Paraguay) lechosa, mamón
  2. (Cuba, slang, euphemistic) vagina (likely from the shape of the fruit when sliced in half lengthwise: see image)
  3. (Colombia, slang) opportunity

Usage notes
  • Cubans typically call the papaya fruit fruta bomba instead, reserving the word papaya for its slang sense.

Adjective

papaya m or f (masculine and feminine plural papayas)

  1. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, slang) easy

Descendants
Descendants
  • > Chavacano: papaya (inherited)
  • → English: papaya
  • → English: pawpaw
  • → Karao: papaya
  • → Macedonian: папаја (papaja)
  • → Russian: папайя (papajja)
  • → Swahili: papai
  • → Tagalog: papaya
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: papöya
  • → Zacatepec Chatino: papàyā

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

papaya c

  1. papaya (fruit and tree)

Declension
Declension of papaya 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative papaya papayan papayor papayorna
Genitive papayas papayans papayors papayornas

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Compare Pangasinan apayas and Kapampangan kapaya.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈpaja/ [pɐˈpa.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ya

Noun

papaya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜌ)

  1. papaya

Anagrams

Turkish

Noun

papaya

  1. accusative singular of papa

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

papaya

  1. papaya.
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